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I have been working with Joe McDougall and Donnie Thompson on the squat leading into this meet. Joe has been coached by Don for a while and is a monster at 220 holding the teen world record with an 810 squat. And Mr. 3k needs no introduction.. This has made things really easy for me. Basically I just listen and do what they say!

155x5x2

265x3x2

briefs

355x2x2

465x2x2

suit bottoms

555x1

655x1

-shut it down as planned with my last straps down set.

-At the meet my next warm up will be 745 straps up plus crap wraps.

-opening 820

Kbell swings

10x6sets

standing abs against band x3set

Thats it!

Everyone besides Joe and I worked up to their openers. Im very excited to see some big numbers from all my teammates! Harry will be really close to setting a world record in the squat for his division and should crush the bench world record for the IPA. Ben and Jamison will both have huge days! And Joe will beat his previous squat record and take the bench and total world records as well. Look out for LGM barbell!!!

Sorry I had to roll out like that. All of you guys are ready. I wish I was doing the meet but its probably best with all the crap Ive had going on. The thing about all of your squats that have impressed me the most is all of your reps have looked the same for the past several weeks. Once youre that locked in then the rest is a cake walk.

Byrd, it def does. I can wrap my own knees tighter than anyone in briefs but if I put on a suit I cant get them tight enough to get the pop. The bing thing about wrapping knees is wrap placement and having it the right tightness for that lifter. Cody doesnt like a tight wrap, Jamison does, and Coker told me to break his legs lol. My big thing is when my knees are wrapped right as soon as I start to sit into the squat it feels like I have a shelf under my knees to sit on. Then again Coan wrapped his own knees too. Its all in what works the best.

Havent been able to push my raw bench to hard over the last couple months because of a some bicep tendonitis. But rolling it every day and taking a little extra time warming up has made it all but go away. Wish I would have known that 2 months ago!!

Warm up: sledge hammer work x30 each arm. Lots of rolling

95x10x2

135x10x2

185x5x2

225x5x2

275x3x2

315x1

365x1

405x1

435x1

missed 470

Came off the chest good then stopped hard! Would have been a nice little 5lb pr

Floor press 10x4sets

lat pull downs 10x10

Fun day! Makes me excited to get back training full speed. Really nice to have my biceps not feeling like there going to explode at the bottom of the lift again haha